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02360aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 DA5D4A9E370411E887D7D95B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180403010230 008 170621t20172017enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1846559731 020 $a 9781846559730 020 $a 1846559723 020 $a 9781846559723 035 $a (OCoLC)1004974117 040 $a NLE $b eng $e rda $c NLE $d YDX $d NZAUC $d UAB $d OCLCF $d SINLB $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a DA566.9 C5 S53 2017 100 1 $a Shakespeare, Nicholas, $d 1957- $e author. 245 10 $a Six minutes in May : $b how Churchill unexpectedly became Prime Minister / $c Nicholas Shakespeare. 264 1 $a London : $b Harvill Secker, $c 2017. 300 $a xviii, 508 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-481) and index. 520 $a "London, early May 1940: Britain is on the brink of war and Neville Chamberlain's government is about to fall. It is hard for us to imagine the Second World War without Winston Churchill taking over at the helm, but in Six Monutes in May Nicholas Shakespeare shows how easily events could have gone in a different direction. The first land battle of the war was fought in the far north, in Norway. It went disastrously for the Allies and many blamed Churchill. Yet weeks later he would rise to the most powerful post in the country, overtaking Chamberlain and the favourite to succeed him, Lord Halifax. It took just six minutes for MPs to cast the votes that brought down Chamberlain. Shakespeare shows us both the dramatic action on the battlefield in Norway and the machinations and personal relationships in Westminster that led up to this crucial point. Uncovering fascinating new research and delving deep into the backgrounds of the key players, he has given us a new perspective on this critical moment in our history"--Publisher description. 600 10 $a Churchill, Winston, $d 1874-1965. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Politics and government $y 1936-1945. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z Great Britain. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781473521711 941 $a 3 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718093123.0 952 $l N2AX314 $d 20210728020927.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20180605013957.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DA5D4A9E370411E887D7D95B97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search